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Originally Posted by Alex Brushwein
How do you feel about logging cuts / tote roads vs overgrown / abandoned farms & apple orchards? Assuming both satisfy the conditions described above. Thanks for the input!
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There is nothing more nostalgic than hunting an overgrown apple orchard. I have many memories of hunts there myself. They tend to hold Woodcock well also. If one is lucky enough to find one that gets seldom hunted or never it is a lifetime treasure. Unfortunately, they tend to get hunted regularly. Some are to overgrow to hunt sometimes. I say to overgrown I mean difficult or impossible to fire at game. I try to stay out and away of those places as I have learned over the years.
Cuts should not see the pressure that orchards or trails get though I tend to believe that grouse are attracted to roads. They are curious, love to warm up in them in the morning and will eats stones in them for their crop's digestion. I tend to look for cuts that have skidder trails every 10-20 yards between. Picture a log landing with fingers outward. Like a human hand. Great for shooting lanes while letting the dogs work the cover. A point between those lanes and a hunter on either side makes a fun time.
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